This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Many years ago, a volcanic eruption killed many plants and animals on an island. Today the island looks much as it did before the eruption. Which statement is the best possible explanation for this? A) Altered ecosystems regain stability through the evolution of new plant species. B) Destroyed environments can recover as a result of the process of ecological succession. C) Geographic barriers prevent the migration of animals to island habitats. D) Destroyed ecosystems always return to their original state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destroyed environments can recover as a result of the process of ecological succession. 2. How have humans mitigated their impact on the biosphere? A) Reintroduction programs. B) Clear cutting. C) Habitat alteration. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reintroduction programs. 3. The number one threat to biodiversity is A) Pollution. B) Mercury. C) Global warming. D) Habitat loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat loss. 4. Eats producer A) Prey. B) Consumer. C) Herbivore. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivore. 5. How do plants get their source of energy (food)? A) Plants get their food from the soil and water. B) Plants use the energy from the sun, air, and water to make their food. C) Plants get their food from minerals. D) Plants get their food from the decaying plants and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants use the energy from the sun, air, and water to make their food. 6. What is the name of the process by which populations become adapted to environmental change? A) Biodiversity. B) Natural selection. C) Selective breeding. D) Codominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural selection. 7. A large community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate. Many ecosystems co-existing. For example:grassland, desert, tropical rainforest. A) Biosphere. B) Population. C) Community. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biome. 8. Which process occurs after a forest fire? A) Eutrophication. B) Photosynthesis. C) Primary succession. D) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary succession. 9. In order to use a resource sustainably you should A) Use it a a rate where it can be replenished. B) Use as much as you want, the people in 3rd world countries do not need it. C) Use it before someone else does and there is none left for you. D) Don't use any at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use it a a rate where it can be replenished. 10. A flowering plant has seeds that are carried by the wind. Infer the most likely dispersion pattern of the plants that grow from these seeds. A) Uniform. B) Clumped groups. C) Random. D) Spatial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Random. 11. Organisms that relies on other organisms for food; consumer A) Herbivore. B) Decomposer. C) Heterotroph. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heterotroph. 12. The place an organism lives A) Ecosystem. B) Niche. C) Home. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat. 13. Living things within an ecosystem. A) Niche. B) Consumers. C) Biotic factors. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic factors. 14. Different kinds of water have different levels of acidity. To measure the acidity of liquids, we use the ..... scale. A) PH. B) MH. C) OH. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PH. 15. A foreign insect is introduced into the Texas. It eats a lot of leaves, and trees start to become leafless . Many different animals feed on the new insect, but even they cannot control its numbers. Eventually, trees begin to die. Why would a rapid increase of the new insect population cause certain species of herbivores to vanish or be fewer in number? A) They would not have enough toeat. B) Theywould not have enough space to live. C) Theywould not have tree bark to eat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They would not have enough toeat. 16. Ecology is A) The study of environmental pollution and overpopulation. B) The study of relationships between organisms and their environment. C) The attempt to control environmental pollution and overpopulation. D) Another name for the science of biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of relationships between organisms and their environment. 17. A large amount of dust and ash from a recent volcanic eruption settles in the region. Which of the following organisms that live near the volcano will most likely survive? A) Deer. B) Grasses. C) Trees. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deer. 18. All organisms in a food chain or food web that cannot make their own food A) Heterotroph. B) Autotroph. C) Herbivore. D) Detritovore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterotroph. 19. Which is a decomposer? A) Rabbit. B) Worm. C) Dirt. D) Flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worm. 20. Gradual development of an ecosystem over time A) Ecology. B) Pioneer species. C) Succession. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Succession. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEcology Environment QuizzesEcology And Environment Quiz 1Ecology And Environment Quiz 2Ecology And Environment Quiz 3Ecology And Environment Quiz 4Ecology And Environment Quiz 5Ecology And Environment Quiz 6Ecology And Environment Quiz 7Ecology And Environment Quiz 8Ecology And Environment Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books